Flexi saga has slowed Red Bull down - Button

The flexible cars controversy slowed down the previously dominant Red Bull
team at Spa-Francorchamps, according to Jenson Button.
Although the Austrian owned team claims the long straights of the Belgian
circuit simply did not suit the RB6, ...

The flexible cars controversy slowed down the previously dominant Red Bull
team at Spa-Francorchamps, according to Jenson Button.

Although the Austrian owned team claims the long straights of the Belgian
circuit simply did not suit the RB6, McLaren's Button suspects Adrian
Newey had to modify the car to meet more stringent bodywork flexibility
tests.

Button's boss Martin Whitmarsh, and Mercedes' Ross Brawn, said last
weekend that they thought the front wings on the Red Bull and Ferrari cars
were flexing less visibly than they had in Hungary earlier in August.

"I think Red Bull's pace was affected by the new tests," said the
reigning world champion.

"I hope the new even more stringent tests for Monza will have even more of
an effect. They say they won't have to change anything but they said that
here.

"Watching the car here on the track it was not flexing as much," added
Button.

The 30-year-old also does not expect Red Bull to obtain a championship
advantage by appointing Mark Webber as the number one driver for the rest
of the 2010 campaign.

"I don't think they will. I think they love Vettel," he said.

McLaren team boss Whitmarsh added: "I think (Red Bull) quite like their
younger driver, so I doubt they will put their weight behind Mark."